A Woman Of Few Baubles.

I’ve almost completed the chiller overhaul that I started last week. I still have to get the equipment/rigging off site, and do an upgrade on some software.

As luck would have it I have another machine to open for inspection, in Ft. Lupton, Colorado starting next week. This one is about twice the size of the last one, and is going to be a bit more difficult to tear-down. Oh well. That’s why we get paid the big bucks.

I got word from a fellow rider that there’s a Big Bike Show and Swap Meet in  Colorado Springs  Feb. 14-15. Is he crazy, that’s Valentines Day Weekend? What kind of event planner would schedule that on Valentines Day? Most guys I know walk a pretty thin line as it is, when it comes to dividing time between family events, and riding the bike, or attending bike related functions. Those that don’t are either lying, or divorced.

While on the topic of Valentines Day, this has got to be one of the toughest holidays for me to get right. My wife, God Love Her; has never really wanted the kind of gifts that most women want, or at least what most advertisers say most women want. I think that in our whole time together, 28 years, I’ve only given her three pieces of jewelry.

The first piece was before we got married we were dating, not quite living together, YES! Dr. Laura, we did live together before getting married. I was working in Sinclair, Wyoming at an oil refinery, it was February. She was coming up to Wyoming to drive me home as the job was over. Earlier in the week I found a small gold necklace with a very small diamond, in a local jewelry store, I bought it and I gave it to her for Valentines Day. I was as nervous as they come, not wanting to imply something too serious.   

The second was her wedding  band, a rather simple gold wedding band, I have one to match both engraved, with a personal statement of truth. No, I’m not going to say. I didn’t get her the traditional engagement ring, but we did purchase an engagement 10 speed tandem bicycle. Go figure. We rode together on that bicycle for many years, more than once it was the catalyst for some sore feelings, bruised egos, and bit of road rash. Our marriage has held up much better than that bike I’m pleased to say. We still have the bike but, I don’t have the heart to get rid of it.

The third peice was a Q-Link necklace, more of a holistic medallion than a romantic bauble, but it looks nice on her and she likes it. I just don’t do jewelry very well. I gave her a roto-tiller one year for Mothers’ Day, it’s not as bad as it sounds. She likes to garden, and it’s not like I won’t start it up for her! 

Happy Valentines' Day Honey!

So I’m a Valentines’ Day failure, according to Zales any way, hell running to Zales would be easy. No my lovely would see right through it, three peices of jewelry in 28 years!! If I did that, I be trying to explain how there is no other women. No, I need to come up with something that shows that I gave it some thought. We were kind of looking at spinning wheels the other day, we could start small with a drop spindle and see how that goes. Maybe they will have one at The Big Bike Show and Swap Meet this weekend. 

Talk to you later.